Tinnitus And Temporal Headache Link EXPOSED

Tinnitus is often accompanied by
headache since both mostly originate from the same
cause, which involves stress. However, when
tinnitus is linked with temporal headache that originates from
the temporal bone which is a fairly complex anatomical
structure and located at the skull above the ear
containing the organ of hearing, it requires thorough
investigation.

However, here is a listing that
describes some of the causative factors which are found
responsible for tinnitus with temporal
headache
.

# 1 is
Stress which is
responsible both for tinnitus and headache that has
originated from the temporal bone structure. In fact,
high level of sustained stress and anxiety in people
whose profession or calling is constantly under threat
mostly become victims of this distressing disorder.
Tranquilizers and sedatives can at least cure the
symptoms, though they have far reaching side
effects.

# 2 is
Insomnia or lack of sleep as many case studies concerning
tinnitus with temporal headache have revealed. Globe
trotting multi-National CEOs that miss sleep
more because of jet lag problems are the
usual victims of this type of traumatic tribulations.
International tele-callers who are used to skip sleep to
justify world time zones also complain of tinnitus with
temporal headache. However, no medications are needed
for this type of physical discomfort since it will be
cured automatically when the person can sleep peacefully
for seven hours daily.

# 3
relates to subarachnoid hemorrhage that
involves bleeding into the subarachnoid space within the
brain which may happen spontaneously from a ruptured
cerebral aneurysm or may result from severe head injury.
However, the incidence is extremely rare and low,
reported cases in the United States being 1 in
15,000 till this date.

# 4 is
linked with Lumber puncture in which
cerebrospinal fluid is collected with the help of a
needle from the lumber sac. However, it takes around 12
hours for the headache to start after the procedure has
been completed.

However,
current researchers have found millions of Americans who
suffer from chronic facial, shoulder and neck pain as
also from nagging temporal headache. Plus, there are ear
symptoms that include ringing, buzzing, crackling sounds
that are heard in one or both of the ears and these are
commonly termed as problems of
tinnitus.

Tinnitus With Temporal Headache : Secondary
Factors

Contrary
to the previous contention that tried to explain away
these troublesome episodes as “all due to stress”, it is
known today that a family or group of conditions termed
as Temporomandibular Disorder or TMD is responsible for
it. It has also been determined that the headache and
the ear ringing are symptoms of the disorder and not the
disorder itself. Therefore, the cure for these symptoms
will be most effective once the TMD is taken care
of.

It has
also been further ascertained that the congestion, loss
of hearing, ear ringing, etc. along with temporal
headache are associated with a condition that is known
as TMJ disorders or Temporomandibular Joint. Apart from
the fact that that the TMJ is located very near to the
person’s ear, there are a group of mechanisms that are
believed to create ear symptoms to a great extent. For
instance, muscles that are directly linked to the ear
get their nerves from the similar nerve that works for
jaw muscles. Under such circumstances, it is easy to
foresee that a minor misreading of signals can affect a
change in muscles that are linked with ear, causing
those random noises in the ear. Moreover, a ligament
(Pinto’s Ligament) adjoins the TMJ with smaller bones
ensconced in the mid ear. Of course, the question of
‘stress’ is also present here since it is thought that
symptoms linked with TMD may also occur if the stress is
transferred from TMJ to mid ear. This episode is
currently termed as Otomandibular Syndrome that has been
mentioned by Harold Arlan, MD, Otolaryngology Surgery’s
Assistant Clinical Professor at the MedicineCollege and Dentistry of N.
Jersey and RudkersMedicalSchool.

It has
also been observed that certain types of ototoxic
medications that include antibiotics, viz.
Aminoglycosides, Vancomycin and Erythromycin;
Chemotherapy agents and quinine that are responsible for
tinnitus can also cause troublesome temporal headache in
elderly patients. The toxicity present in most of these
drugs is believed to cause irritation in the temporal
structure in the skull, thereby giving rise to pain and
discomfort in that region.

Temporal headache is
one of the symptoms of tinnitus
and while it
is important to get rid of this, trying to just
eradicate the symptom will never work. What you should
do instead is try to eradicate the disease itself.
However this is where conventional medications make a
mistake. There are many root causes of tinnitus and it
is necessary to identify all of them and then eradicate
then, and once done, the symptoms such as temporal
headache will go away on its own. This is the approach
of holistic remedies and this is why it works so well
for tinnitus.